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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Energy Security</name>
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        <heading>Energy Security</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2022-11-01T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Energy Security</name>
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          <by role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:40):</by>  Supplementary arising from the original answer: given the Leader of the Government's protestations about privatisation, is it this government's intention to nationalise South Australia's electricity assets?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Energy Security</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:40):</by>  As the Premier has said, we are committed to assessing all possible options available at a state level to protect South Australia from the worst impacts of the national energy crisis. These are significant challenges being faced by people all around Australia. I am not going to start ruling things in or ruling things out—that's the whole point of getting experts to assess what the best options are.</text>
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